Jang Wonyoung came under controversy over her singing again.
Nearly two months into their debut, IVE is considered a successful “monster rookie”, receiving much attention from the public. Before debuting, the group already attracted fans thanks to the members’ eye-catching visuals. However, Starship’s new girl group has also stumbled into a lot of criticism for revealing their weak skills and controversial attitude towards seniors. Notably, IVE’s visual center and most popular member Wonyoung often becomes the target of netizens’ scrutiny and criticism.
Recently, behind-the-scenes footage of IVE’s recording session of their debut track ELEVEN was released. IVE members showed up at the studio with light makeup, boasting their natural and pure visuals. In casual clothes, IVE still looks pretty as always.
Wonyoung especially drew attention with her live singing. However, what makes netizens feel uncomfortable is how she kept on focusing on posing to the camera, instead of singing properly. Many netizens accuse the female idol of trying to act cute to look good on camera rather than concentrate on her main job.
Netizens are also confused when the distance between Wonyoung’s mouth and the microphone is quite far, which could affect the sound quality of the record. When she was singing, Wonyoung did not stay close to the microphone, but only stared at the camera.
Even when she was not recording, Wonyoung draws negative comments for her “aegyo” voice and the way she “acted” too much.
After watching Wonyoung’s recording, netizens can’t help but feel tired. Fans also expressed disappointment at the live performance of IVE. Netizens then reposted the recording videos of 2nd and 3rd generation idols and gave many compliments.
Speaking of the outstanding live vocals of female idols, the name of BLACKPINK’s Rose is indispensable. When her photos in the recording studio were published, many people couldn’t help but be in awe. The female idol only needed a short time feeling with the music with a vocal run to start the recording process. However, she tugged on the heartstrings of viewers with her distinctive, attractive and powerful voice. In addition, the BLACKPINK beauty was also very focused on her performance as well as directed and kept herself fixed towards the microphone.
T-ara also drew attention when revealing the recording video of the group’s song “Sexy Love“. The girls went to the studio together and had a very enthusiastic working session. Before entering the studio, the group practiced with a brief singing session outside. T-ara won the hearts of fans with their top-notch and second to none live vocals. Then, each member entered the closed room and performed their voices.
Eunjung and Soyeon’s voices were prominent and made great impressions on listeners. The two female idols smoothly hit extremely high notes, making people surprised. Besides, the group’s enthusiastic working spirit was praised by fans.
Not only pretending to sing live in the studio, Wonyoung was also repeatedly accused of performing half-heartedly. Especially in strong dance moves such as flipping hair and shaking head, she does it slower than others. Fans were quick to argue that she couldn’t perform the choreography because of her hair accessories, but in other stages without those accessories, there was no difference.
Despite causing a shock before debut with their excellent visuals, IVE is currently not popular with many audiences. Besides, the member Wonyoung, despite having debuted twice, is still controversial for netizens.
